Dropbox Info:
After the Beta period, is Dropbox going to continue to be free to use?
We haven't fully determined a pricing structure yet, but the high level plan at this point is:
* Free accounts (on the order of 1GB of space)
* Paid accounts (likely different tiers of space allotment)
* Beta users will keep their accounts (with more storage than the free accounts) after launch
How secure is Dropbox?
We take utmost care to ensure Dropbox is secure. All transport of file data and file metadata occurs over SSL. Files are encrypted with AES-256 before being stored on our backend.
How much bandwidth do Dropbox transfers take?
We currently handle uploads at 70% of your max speed (to prevent noticeable slowdown in browsing) and are nowhere near maxing out bandwidth on our own servers. An upcoming client update will give you a slider with an option to max out bandwidth.
What are the system requirements to run Dropbox?
Dropbox is supported on 32/64bit Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard, and Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. While Dropbox may work just fine on other platforms, we don't "officially" support these yet.
Features Coming Soon
Coming soon (short term - in no particular order):
* A preferences dialog for proxy settings, other settings
* Support for proxies requiring authentication
* Fixes for certain kinds of redirected home folders (e.g. in corporate environments)
* Improved progress status
* Auto purge of Dropbox cache
* Change default location of Dropbox
* Fix for tray icon occasionally getting 'stuck' syncing in Windows
* Support for bulk operations on web interface - i.e. bulk purge files/folders, renames, moves etc.
* Better support for one-off file shares (with expiration, etc.)
* Landing pages for public links
* Fixes to non-admin install on Windows
* Finer grained bandwidth management/prioritizing of uploads
* Less spammy tray/growl notifications
* Improved bandwidth detection (should result in much better upload speeds)
Coming soon (medium term):
* Linux client
* Watch any folder (i.e. sync any folder)/better sync options
* User specified ignore list (by file type)
* File search on the web interface
* Improved mobile interfaces (iphone optimized, etc)
* Better handling of audio/video files on web interface
* Better shared folder controls
* Ability to purchase more storage